Liberty Place Recovery Center for Women

Kentucky River Foothills Development Council (Foothills) is the largest human service provider in Madison County Kentucky. Their primary purpose is to develop resources so that all community members can have lives that are responsible, productive and fulfilling. After conducting their annual community needs assessment they noticed that, year after year, Foothill’s communities were seeking solutions to the problems commonly associated with addiction: homelessness, unproductivity, broken homes, and sometimes criminal behaviors. In response, Foothills decided to develop a facility that combined transitional housing with a long-term, supportive recovery program for women battling drug and alcohol addictions.

In spring 2008, the Liberty Place Recovery Center for Women was placed into service by Foothills with the help of FAHE Consulting and FAHE Capital. The center is equipped to house 100 residents in its “Clean Off the Streets” detoxification center and 38 double-occupancy apartments, and also features a commercial grade kitchen, meeting rooms, and office space the center’s staff. Most importantly, Liberty Place’s program is a beacon of support and hope for women committed to overcoming their addictions—the program prepares them for sober, stable and productive living. The recovery program is built on peer support and personal accountability and includes daily living skills training, job responsibilities, and counseling that prepares them to face challenges to sober living.

Because eligible residents are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, services are provided to enrolled women free of charge. Therefore, it was critical that the project was completed on time and on budget. Foothills turned to FAHE Consulting for grant writing, technical assistance, and project administration. “Our agency knew there was no partner that could parallel FAHE when it came to knowledge, resources, and a desire to make life better for the individuals served by the projects” said Foothills Executive Director Vicki Jozefowicz.

Specialized “one-time” development services are rarely the expertise of community-based program agencies like Foothills—to develop that construction knowledge and experience takes years and rarely do agencies like Foothills have the luxury of learning such practices on their own dimes and schedules. FAHE Consulting carries the specialized pieces of development with confidence, freeing agencies to do what they do best—tend to the women who so dearly need the services they offer.